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Summary: 'The Political Determinants of Health and the European Union’, a Special Issue in the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law

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The term ‘political determinants of health’ (PDoH) appears with increasing frequency in public health and health governance research, yet it remains poorly defined. For some, it is part of broader models of the social, commercial, or structural determinants of health; for others, it connotes an investigation of power dynamics that differs from epidemiological frameworks.

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